Do I need to run a process on the server before the PHP mail command will send mail?

I used the simple script from this website and it seemed to work ok except no mail gets sent. I know this script was used for at least two christmases to send mail. Is there a process that I need to run on the server to enable it to send mail because no mail is getting out ????? Im on a deadline for monday, any help would be appreciate!!!

I suggest that you replace the first and second lines of sendmail.php with:

<?PHP
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];

It is better to use <?PHP rather than just <? because that doesn't work on all systems. Since the first program used method="post" the second one has to get the variables from the $_POST array. Finally, you aren't using the $email variable and I presume that is supposed to contain the email address. If so, then you need to change the mail statement to look like:

thanks, well I think I also need a .bcc parameter because I have tons of names on the list which is in a semicolon delimieted file. The problem still remains that the script does not send the mail so there is a service on the slice that needs to be initialized but I have no idea what or how to initialize it.